Textbox magnifier

Abstract

A method of increasing the size of a text box in response to a stimulus is disclosed. The stimulus can be a mouse in a text box or on text in the text box. Once received the text box and text can grow in size.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving an input of a mouse being located on a textbox in a browser;   increasing the size of the textbox;   highlighting text and increasing the size of the text to an increased size, when text is present in the textbox.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textbox is a URL bar. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textbox is a search query box. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when the mouse leaves the textbox, the textbox and the text reverts to their initial size and the text is no longer highlighted. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising accepting inputted text and entering it into the textbox, wherein the inputted text is at the increased size. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising receiving an enter command, wherein when the enter command is received a command is executed and the text and the textbox reverts to their initial size and the text is no longer highlighted. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the mouse must be located on the text in the textbox before the increasing the size of the textbox and the size of the text to the increased size. 
     
     
         8 . A method comprising:
 receiving an input of a mouse being located on a textbox in a browser;   increasing the size of the textbox;   increasing the size of the text to an increased size, when text is present in the textbox.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textbox is a URL bar. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the textbox is a search query box. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when the mouse leaves the textbox, the textbox and the text reverts to their initial size. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising accepting inputted text and entering it into the textbox, wherein the inputted text is at the increased size. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising receiving an enter command, wherein when the enter command is received a command is executed and the text and the textbox reverts to their initial size. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the mouse must be located on the text in the textbox before the increasing the size of the textbox and the size of the text to the increased size. 
     
     
         15 . A flash memory device having an operating system, the flash memory device comprising:
 means for increasing the size of a textbox in a browser, when a mouse is located on the textbox; and when text is present in the textbox, means for highlighting the text and increasing the size of the text to an increased size.